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#DDDDF4

Lavender · very light cool blue

About #DDDDF4

#DDDDF4 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 87% green and 96% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 3.5); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F4F4DD — a beige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DDDDF4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.72:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red221
Green221
Blue244

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 3.5
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 9.9
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 12.6

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #DDDDF4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #DDDDF4.
1.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #DDDDF4.
15.72:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DDDDF4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DDDDF4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8DFF5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7DEF3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D9E1E4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDDDF4?

#DDDDF4 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 87% green and 96% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DDDDF4?

Use black text. Black on #DDDDF4 has a contrast ratio of 15.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDDDF4?

Its complementary colour is #F4F4DD, and analogous partners are #DDE9F4 and #E9DDF4.